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most in the foreign-policy elite are prepared to wait him out competent that the pre-trump foreign-policy could be reconstituted and that the american people will go back to tolerating open-ended military missions and costly foreign entanglements. there are alternatives to trump summoned what came before. walton explores them here and he outlines the case for american foreign policy based on realism and restraint in the calls its offshore balancing. before he tells you more about the book let me tell you of it about steve. he is the robert and renee belford professor of international affairs at the harvard kennedy school. he recently taught at princeton university and the university of chicago where he mastered the collegiate division and the dean of social sciences. he is been a resident associate at the carnegie -- for peace and served as consultant for defense and naval analysis and the national defense university. presently serves on the editorial board for foreign-policy where he writes regularly in his most recent piece over the weekend. he he writes their regular is where his inter
most in the foreign-policy elite are prepared to wait him out competent that the pre-trump foreign-policy could be reconstituted and that the american people will go back to tolerating open-ended military missions and costly foreign entanglements. there are alternatives to trump summoned what came before. walton explores them here and he outlines the case for american foreign policy based on realism and restraint in the calls its offshore balancing. before he tells you more about the book let...
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policy front not that it would happen and usually most americans don't vote on foreign policy. no i think i'm going to i mean look we don't have the kind of foreign policy coverage we showed and for it to be clear because of course i do love talk show hosts like yourself which i was referring to the conservative talk radio host that is the mentality that i was trying to get at i knew you'd appreciate that they bring into this it's sort of what you're trying for controversy you're really going for ratings over substance and some of the some of the talk radio that goes on the united states in fact herman cain was in talk radio i think as bill said yes jon huntsman certainly look at they're looking for someone who understands foreign policy you go with jon huntsman mitt romney again my big problem with him would be i don't know what position he's taking on things because he changes them but i think he has the knowledge his dad obviously was a governor ran for president he comes from his family comes from his background with the olympics and so i would give him that but if the doub
policy front not that it would happen and usually most americans don't vote on foreign policy. no i think i'm going to i mean look we don't have the kind of foreign policy coverage we showed and for it to be clear because of course i do love talk show hosts like yourself which i was referring to the conservative talk radio host that is the mentality that i was trying to get at i knew you'd appreciate that they bring into this it's sort of what you're trying for controversy you're really going...
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foreign historians, titled "remaking of american foreign policy." your panel was entitled "beyond good and evil: new ways of thinking about henry kissinger." daniel: new analysis is being driven by new evidence. the declassification of documents, which has produced a lot of material for the last decade, has driven serious re-examination, reconsideration of kissinger's career. i think it is far more possible than it was a generation earlier to ground analysis of kissinger in hard historical evidence rather than memoir accounts, the kinds of evidentiary base that supports an earlier generation of scholarship. historians are doing innovative kinds of work, in some cases using digital humanities technologies to mine analysis from across vast reams of documentation. this is scholarship that was not possible a generation ago. we had on the panel yesterday a terrific paper by a graduate student that made splendid use of data mining in order to extrapolate new conclusions about kissinger's career. host: when you talk about henry kissinger to your students a
foreign historians, titled "remaking of american foreign policy." your panel was entitled "beyond good and evil: new ways of thinking about henry kissinger." daniel: new analysis is being driven by new evidence. the declassification of documents, which has produced a lot of material for the last decade, has driven serious re-examination, reconsideration of kissinger's career. i think it is far more possible than it was a generation earlier to ground analysis of kissinger in...
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have to have foreign-policy to do it. it is cleverly and efficiently as possible. it has led to some very important and constructive steps. i would argue that in his way, john quincy adams had some jeffersonian qualities. george kennan is a example of someone whose instincts were deeply jeffersonian and contributed a great deal to the formation of american national strategy. these schools, while having differences between them, tend to all be -- have some things in common. they are represented in the elite. they are ideologies that have a lot of appeal to the upper-middle-class and well educated professional people. it is -- even if they do not always agree, it is easy for them to talk with one another because they often operate in the same cultural and political context. the fourth school in american foreign-policy, which i named for andrew jackson, the jacksonian school is a bit different. they are skeptical about hamiltonian and wilsonian building measures. they do not think big business is here to help them or that it
have to have foreign-policy to do it. it is cleverly and efficiently as possible. it has led to some very important and constructive steps. i would argue that in his way, john quincy adams had some jeffersonian qualities. george kennan is a example of someone whose instincts were deeply jeffersonian and contributed a great deal to the formation of american national strategy. these schools, while having differences between them, tend to all be -- have some things in common. they are represented...
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foreign-policy, walter russell mead. he is a distinguished fellow at the hudson institute and the james clark professor of foreign humanities at bard college. he's an honors graduate, where he received prizes. -- where he received prizes for history, debate, and translation of new testament greek. he has written many books with clarity of expression. younger members of the audience, you may have read his book "the special providence -- american foreign-policy and how it changed the world." it identified four arching trends -- four overarching trends -- the hamiltonian, jeffersonian and jacksonian, this way of thinking about foreign-policy remains a touchstone for how we think about foreign-policy today. he will talk about presidents today, but focus on a different group. franklin roosevelt, harry s. truman, and ronald reagan. you will learn a lot from hearing about these three. they will provide a lot of insight into our current situation. after he speaks, we will take questions from the audience and questions on our twi
foreign-policy, walter russell mead. he is a distinguished fellow at the hudson institute and the james clark professor of foreign humanities at bard college. he's an honors graduate, where he received prizes. -- where he received prizes for history, debate, and translation of new testament greek. he has written many books with clarity of expression. younger members of the audience, you may have read his book "the special providence -- american foreign-policy and how it changed the...
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policy i mean you know foreign policy. wouldn't win a divergence from principle in ideology. you wind up on these extremes and when you go to the extremes you often wind up going full circle so yeah at the end of the day if if you believe in this character. the purpose of power to make the way you make yourself safe in the world is you kill everybody that can potentially be your enemy which is kind of the character of a neo con or the alternative is the way to make yourself world safe is to get rid of all the evil in the world which is kind of this liberal interventionists kind of notion yeah it kind of takes you to the same place which is you're imposing your will on the entire world but i got to tell you most mainstream american politics nobody believe that that's that's a rational logical foreign policy. maybe what do you think about that walter because i always find it quite interesting is that you have to find a reason export democracy human rights violations there's always like this kind of a lofty ideal to commit vi
policy i mean you know foreign policy. wouldn't win a divergence from principle in ideology. you wind up on these extremes and when you go to the extremes you often wind up going full circle so yeah at the end of the day if if you believe in this character. the purpose of power to make the way you make yourself safe in the world is you kill everybody that can potentially be your enemy which is kind of the character of a neo con or the alternative is the way to make yourself world safe is to get...
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of foreign policy? caller: the same way, if we want freedom the way we want to live here we have to acknowledge other people should live the way they want to and if iran should be an islamic country, that is their right. -- if i couldng ask a presidential candidate a when wouldt would be you ask u.s. troops to die in a form country? --ould hope their answer that does not mean we love and support autocratic regimes world, but when you look at the problems u.s. troops had in somalia or iraq in the last part of the 20 century, and early 21st century, you have to look at why did things fall apart in bosnia with a political agreement in place and u.s. forces were enforcing that. the will of the people is important and i would argue there is no will for u.s. troops in the middle east until you can get the saudi's and iranians and russians and the gulf states together to have a conversation about the future of the region. in reality, u.s. troops are caught in the middle. guest: we believe that our system of go
of foreign policy? caller: the same way, if we want freedom the way we want to live here we have to acknowledge other people should live the way they want to and if iran should be an islamic country, that is their right. -- if i couldng ask a presidential candidate a when wouldt would be you ask u.s. troops to die in a form country? --ould hope their answer that does not mean we love and support autocratic regimes world, but when you look at the problems u.s. troops had in somalia or iraq in...
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who creates foreign policy? is it the intellectuals, is it the scholastic types, or is it presidents? >> it's presidents, yeah. that's what i found. i think that the influence of intellectuals is overrated. i mean, probably the best example in recent years is neoconservativism. a lot of ink was spilled on the subject, neoconservativism. and really if you look at the bush years, talking about george w. bush, it was president bush that made the key decisions whether to invade iraq, how to invade iraq, how to follow up these actions later on. sometimes he did it in ways that neoconservatives didn't like. so at the end of the day you had a group of intellectuals that were influential, but they were not making policy, and they were about as influential as it gets. so foreign policy is not made by intellectuals, it's made by presidents. >> what's neoconservativism? is. >> neoconservativism, the word is usually used to mean a version of republican foreign policy approach which is particularly hawkish, a belief that the
who creates foreign policy? is it the intellectuals, is it the scholastic types, or is it presidents? >> it's presidents, yeah. that's what i found. i think that the influence of intellectuals is overrated. i mean, probably the best example in recent years is neoconservativism. a lot of ink was spilled on the subject, neoconservativism. and really if you look at the bush years, talking about george w. bush, it was president bush that made the key decisions whether to invade iraq, how to...
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i come from from a country receiving of the foreign policy, u.s. foreign policy. i am a if you will brighter from -- fulbrighter from afghanistan. so whatever you say, i imagine the history of my country in front of my eyes. 1989, the u.s. pulls out, we are in trouble. and, again, the maximalist policies probably of george bush spoiled president karzai, and now we have president obama on retrenchment, so he is -- he doesn't get the same kind of attention that he probably got from president bush. and he is reacting in different ways. that's an observation. but two questions. first, i'm a bit struggling with the definition of maximalist in terms of foreign policy. yes, do more, do more and what? is it more national security than foreign policy, military affairs, economics, so on and so forth? have you found any traits or any trends that do more in specific areas in the foreign policy to kind of narrow down the definition of maximalist and the retrenchment? and then the second question has to do with the -- like you said, there are so many crisis popping up all over
i come from from a country receiving of the foreign policy, u.s. foreign policy. i am a if you will brighter from -- fulbrighter from afghanistan. so whatever you say, i imagine the history of my country in front of my eyes. 1989, the u.s. pulls out, we are in trouble. and, again, the maximalist policies probably of george bush spoiled president karzai, and now we have president obama on retrenchment, so he is -- he doesn't get the same kind of attention that he probably got from president...
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should foreign policy matter? will it matter? or will this debate be so unconventional, so idiosyncratic, so loaded with hot-button issues from the supreme court, to tax returns, to pandemic, that there will be little room for a serious discussion either on foreign policy issues or domestic issues? that remains to be seen. but clearly back in the day, foreign policy matters a lot more than it does now. the republican landslide in 1920 was a direct result of the uncertainties and challenges in the wake of the first world war. fdr broke the two-term president in 1940, 1944, and gained enormous legitimacy in response to impending war and war as well. in 1952 korea was the dominant issue, the stevenson/ike issue. in '68 lbj was literally drifen from the consequence of vietnam. in the election, vietnam did not play a singular role. of course, 1980, you have the iranian hostage crisis and afghanistan. increasingly, though, after the cold war, it seems that foreign policy had more or less dropped out of the presidential electoral cycle
should foreign policy matter? will it matter? or will this debate be so unconventional, so idiosyncratic, so loaded with hot-button issues from the supreme court, to tax returns, to pandemic, that there will be little room for a serious discussion either on foreign policy issues or domestic issues? that remains to be seen. but clearly back in the day, foreign policy matters a lot more than it does now. the republican landslide in 1920 was a direct result of the uncertainties and challenges in...
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foreign policy to consolidate the sole superpower nature of u.s. power in the wake of the cold war you know i worked in the clinton white house the national security council and at the time i was asked to help write an article in foreign affairs magazine called the rogue regimes where the united states was going to go after the rogue regimes iran iraq and cuba you know flash forward a few years there i am in the bush national security council bush forty three and there's the axis of evil speech which is almost word for word what the clinton doctrine was for iran iraq and cuba just a few years before and then we have obama in libya and syria and now we have trying to with his attacks in syria so there is an enormous amount of continuity for an interventionist u.s. foreign policy to preserve in their view to preserve american power and american hegemony around and around the world but particularly in the middle east michael let me go to you and watch when i hear bipartisan consensus i get really really worried because that means there's no dissent do
foreign policy to consolidate the sole superpower nature of u.s. power in the wake of the cold war you know i worked in the clinton white house the national security council and at the time i was asked to help write an article in foreign affairs magazine called the rogue regimes where the united states was going to go after the rogue regimes iran iraq and cuba you know flash forward a few years there i am in the bush national security council bush forty three and there's the axis of evil speech...
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it had nothing to do with foreign policy. he made a political speech, it was a pathetic deal. >> joining us now. andy card, president of franklin pierce university, and former chief of staff for george w. bush. and the associate editer for the "washington post." >> so far in the speech that he is still giving in response to what hillary clinton had to say today. it was a political speech, it wasn't any good. that is after a 35-minute, hard-hitting speech against him. were you surprised that donald trump in his campaign didn't come up with any response to that speech at all? >> well, frvel, i think hillary clinton's speech was very political. i don't think it was a foreign policy speech. it was a speech they could have given. i agreed with a lot of the things that she said. she was criticizing donald trump, most of the time. it was not a policy speech from hillary clinton on what she would do. she didn't say how she would do things differently from barack obama. or differently than what is taking place right now. we know most
it had nothing to do with foreign policy. he made a political speech, it was a pathetic deal. >> joining us now. andy card, president of franklin pierce university, and former chief of staff for george w. bush. and the associate editer for the "washington post." >> so far in the speech that he is still giving in response to what hillary clinton had to say today. it was a political speech, it wasn't any good. that is after a 35-minute, hard-hitting speech against him. were...
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so as we're shifting to foreign policy, it strikes me that foreign policy tends not to be in most american presidential elections something that's front and center in the elections. several of the elections we've seen before 2016, in the debates, foreign policy issues sometimes would barely get a mention. yet we sell on this election that several key issues came to the fore time and again. how we deal with china, trade deals, the question of russia that is still with us, and more. and the foreign policy establishment in washington and beyond, the community of people who have devoted their careers to doing this, the same community of people that ben rhodes from the obama administration called the blob, they are not always so connected to the electorate necessarily. so attuned to elections. so i think this is probably true across the political spectrum. so given the surprising nature, not only the results of this election, but the way in which it rolled out, what do you think are the kinds of things that the foreign policy community should take away from not only the election and results, bu
so as we're shifting to foreign policy, it strikes me that foreign policy tends not to be in most american presidential elections something that's front and center in the elections. several of the elections we've seen before 2016, in the debates, foreign policy issues sometimes would barely get a mention. yet we sell on this election that several key issues came to the fore time and again. how we deal with china, trade deals, the question of russia that is still with us, and more. and the...
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foreign policy i think obama largely continued with the bush foreign policy and should there be a romney presidency as a spare romney will to pursue the obama bush foreign policy. neither candidates seem to question the right of america to determine you know what kind of governments are going to be ruling anywhere neither candidate seem to have any problems about determining who is going to have what kinds of weapons it was it was very much the continuity of the bush era michael what do you think about it all right chad jump in that's the whole point of the program go ahead yeah. well the bush foreign policy was was aggressive engagement it was in the diplomatic approach of the barack obama administration it clearly is not that barack obama has never talked about you know weapons of mass destruction we bills kind of false suits barack obama has not ever uttered you know shock and awe you know as as an approach to. americans dealing with the rest of the world he never did that so to say that barack obama's policy is izmir in george bush's is kind of a stretch and also when we look at mitt
foreign policy i think obama largely continued with the bush foreign policy and should there be a romney presidency as a spare romney will to pursue the obama bush foreign policy. neither candidates seem to question the right of america to determine you know what kind of governments are going to be ruling anywhere neither candidate seem to have any problems about determining who is going to have what kinds of weapons it was it was very much the continuity of the bush era michael what do you...
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foreign policy is changed man. and we haven't really had any serious discussion of what to do after containment given that the country that we were trying to contain no longer exists so what is our foreign policy to be with a new russia it's been close to 30 years and we still have no including what. a u.s. foreign policy toward russia if the biden ministration resorts to the traditional democratic pattern of traditional democratic administrations starting with moralizing about democracy and human rights you know confirmed that there's nobody in this administration that has giving a thought that either but i would add one thing because we haven't talked about the u.s. where you had to hang on hold that point we're going to go to a hard break and after that heart breaks will continue or not our discussion on the potential or the state or. community are extremely positive about the future because big coin solves a lot of problems we face because if the money because of central banks even the nation state itself as a
foreign policy is changed man. and we haven't really had any serious discussion of what to do after containment given that the country that we were trying to contain no longer exists so what is our foreign policy to be with a new russia it's been close to 30 years and we still have no including what. a u.s. foreign policy toward russia if the biden ministration resorts to the traditional democratic pattern of traditional democratic administrations starting with moralizing about democracy and...
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bush, wants an idealistic foreign policy. he was also very critical and this was the most direct shot at george w. bush's administration that thinking that elections alone will solve the problem and talked about how in venezuela and gaza they were groups that won election that use the election to take more freedom away from the population. that is a very subtle difference from the emphasis on elections 10 years ago, more or less in the second inaugural address where he said no longer will we tolerate an era where we supported stability at the expense of values and we got neither. now you have jeb bush tweaking that slightly. he said we support the military dictator in egypt. his brothers administration was tough on my baruch -- mubarak. >> there was a lot of discussion about making us solvent -- that would indicate that jeb was leaning more toward his far -- father's foreign-policy. this is more of a realist conception, more like the elder bush or is he trying to mix up and take the best ideals to go and combine them to the p
bush, wants an idealistic foreign policy. he was also very critical and this was the most direct shot at george w. bush's administration that thinking that elections alone will solve the problem and talked about how in venezuela and gaza they were groups that won election that use the election to take more freedom away from the population. that is a very subtle difference from the emphasis on elections 10 years ago, more or less in the second inaugural address where he said no longer will we...
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today romney foreign policy advisor told buzz feed that the whole issue of foreign policy is, and i quote, a distraction. even then he called it something worse than that. it doesn't surprise me the obama campaign is raising foreign policy buzz it's another distraction from the terrible economic record. he then went on to say, e quote, they are going from one shiny object to the next. to be clear, the shiny object he's talking about here is the foreign policy of the united states. he's suggesting that his candidate will not be distracted into talking about something like that it while he's running for president of the united states. why should americans then vote for a man for president who thinks a foreign policy as a distraction as a shiny object? the romney campaign has an answer for that too explaining to buzz feed that mr. romney should not be underestimated on the subject of foreign policy. quote, he's a well traveled businessman. he lived overseas as a young man. what that referenced to, he spent time as a missionary in france. the advisor continues, mr. romney speaks french. he un
today romney foreign policy advisor told buzz feed that the whole issue of foreign policy is, and i quote, a distraction. even then he called it something worse than that. it doesn't surprise me the obama campaign is raising foreign policy buzz it's another distraction from the terrible economic record. he then went on to say, e quote, they are going from one shiny object to the next. to be clear, the shiny object he's talking about here is the foreign policy of the united states. he's...
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as far as foreign-policy, i want to talk on specific foreign-policy. castro.he made with i come from cuba. it was raised there. no freedom of speech, no freedom of nothing. now she is worse than fidel castro. do you understand? this is ruthless. he only cares about money. doesn't care about jobs for cubans. host: the screen you just saw -- that was a visit there in an effort to pursue normalized relations. here's part of the speech. president obama: we cannot and should not ignore the difference is that we have. about our government, and society. has a one-party system. america is a multiparty democracy. cuba has emphasized the role and rights of the state and the united states is founded upon the rights of an individual. but despite these differences, on december 17, 2014, president castro and i announced that the united states and cuba would begin a process to normalize relations between our two countries. since then we have established diplomatic relations. we have begun initiatives to cooperate on health and agriculture. reached agreements to resto
as far as foreign-policy, i want to talk on specific foreign-policy. castro.he made with i come from cuba. it was raised there. no freedom of speech, no freedom of nothing. now she is worse than fidel castro. do you understand? this is ruthless. he only cares about money. doesn't care about jobs for cubans. host: the screen you just saw -- that was a visit there in an effort to pursue normalized relations. here's part of the speech. president obama: we cannot and should not ignore the...
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policy and mr milledge of foreign policy this is not this is not fair i believe that the foreign policy of russia has kept its continuities during mr medvedev years in president c. and i do not expect any big changes in the foreign policy approaches of mr putin they will definitely take place but not for the reason mr putin is a different mr put in comparison with mr putin ten years ago or all ago or in comparison with mr mineta the changes will quite naturally take place for the simple reason russia is changing of the they were all this changing one has to go to to adopt the foreign policy of russia according to these changes but i do not see any crucial differences between mr putin and mr midriff in terms of foreign policy and bill russia has been our strategic partner and will continue to be a strategic partner after a visit to minsk the next foreign visitor of the new russian president will be will be to berlin and paris why these capital is do you think that kremlin once again is thinking in terms of the of the moscow berlin paris axis that used to be functional in the in the begin
policy and mr milledge of foreign policy this is not this is not fair i believe that the foreign policy of russia has kept its continuities during mr medvedev years in president c. and i do not expect any big changes in the foreign policy approaches of mr putin they will definitely take place but not for the reason mr putin is a different mr put in comparison with mr putin ten years ago or all ago or in comparison with mr mineta the changes will quite naturally take place for the simple reason...
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policy because of a restraining foreign policy, can you outline that? >> just imagine what the world would look like from 1990 up to the present. if i had been the president of the united states. don't worry, that was never going to happen. we would've had no nato expansion. we would today, have much better relations with the russians. situations in the middle east would be much more stable. who not have invaded iraq. we would not have helped kill colonel qaddafi. we would not have gotten deeply involved in syria. i think and result is that many people would have died, many americans would have died. we would have spent much less. i also would have pulled all our troops out of europe with the cold war. i find it unacceptable that we spend all this money defending europeans, we are perfectly capable of descending them themselves. you are to airports like laguardia, and lax, they are basically third world airports. you go all the way around the world, people are first world airports. the amount of money we put into them, is remarkable. would've had a much
policy because of a restraining foreign policy, can you outline that? >> just imagine what the world would look like from 1990 up to the present. if i had been the president of the united states. don't worry, that was never going to happen. we would've had no nato expansion. we would today, have much better relations with the russians. situations in the middle east would be much more stable. who not have invaded iraq. we would not have helped kill colonel qaddafi. we would not have gotten...
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foreign-policy. he focuses on jacksonian populist nationalist and explains how roosevelt and truman gave their support. he suggests that the trump administration could learn from this presidential history. andcenter for strategic international studies hosted this hour-long event. >> today we have one of the nations most distinguished , walter russell mead. he is a distinguished fellow at the hudson institute and the foreignark professor of humanities at bard college. he received prizes for history, debate and translation of new test meant greek. -- new testament greek. books withten many clarity of expression. audience,mbers of the you may have read his book "the special providence: american foreign-policy and how it changed the world." the hamiltonian, jeffersonian , this way ofn thinking about foreign-policy remains a touchstone for how we think about foreign-policy today. he will talk about presidents a differentocus on group. franklin was about, harry s truman and ronald reagan. -- roosevelt, har
foreign-policy. he focuses on jacksonian populist nationalist and explains how roosevelt and truman gave their support. he suggests that the trump administration could learn from this presidential history. andcenter for strategic international studies hosted this hour-long event. >> today we have one of the nations most distinguished , walter russell mead. he is a distinguished fellow at the hudson institute and the foreignark professor of humanities at bard college. he received prizes...
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i think therefore you'd have more support for foreign policy. i was still secretaries of state when they asked me you spent most your time dealing with the rest the world that spend at least a day a month giving a speech at this or that campus or this or that rotary club to explain to americans why the world matters to us. and why what we do in the world are don't do in the world has a tremendous impact on others and ultimately ourselves. i think it's important to come back where we began the conversation. most americans do not study this. if they did study if they forgot it. so i don't think any president or secretary of state can take for granted that people understand the connection of the united states to the world or why the world matters to us or why we matter to the world. you can't take it for granted. you've got to be out there be something of an educator paired statement as i mentioned earlier you've written 15 books you've served in the government think you been the president for 18 years or something i felt very impressive. we are al
i think therefore you'd have more support for foreign policy. i was still secretaries of state when they asked me you spent most your time dealing with the rest the world that spend at least a day a month giving a speech at this or that campus or this or that rotary club to explain to americans why the world matters to us. and why what we do in the world are don't do in the world has a tremendous impact on others and ultimately ourselves. i think it's important to come back where we began the...
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and national security reporter at foreign policy. thank you for being with us this evening. foreign policy is one of the few areas where we are really seeing differences in the strategy among the 2024 republican candidates, especially with those who perhaps have more traditional hawkish roots in the rise of conservative populist candidates. why do you think that is? it is clear the republican party is going through this big identity crisis right now on foreign policy. it is a product of the past 20 years of american foreign policy where you have seen costly and misguided wars in the middle east, you have seen it in ukraine as an issue become politicised in the last administration, ukraine and russia through the impeachment trial of donald trump, the first impeachment trial. you are seeing all of these issues that have been simmering within the party for the past 20 years starting to resurface. obviously there is a big question in 2024 of which side will win here, the old guard or the new guard, and right now they are still in the mid
and national security reporter at foreign policy. thank you for being with us this evening. foreign policy is one of the few areas where we are really seeing differences in the strategy among the 2024 republican candidates, especially with those who perhaps have more traditional hawkish roots in the rise of conservative populist candidates. why do you think that is? it is clear the republican party is going through this big identity crisis right now on foreign policy. it is a product of the...
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policy, on a very aggressive foreign policy. this aggressive foreign policy has fed into a disastrous performance for conservative candidates and political contest. this is brought about the obama administration which, of course, has personified and brought into focus so many of these terrible dangers. so this is a murder trial, and we might ask who is the suspect? is it dinesh d'souza? is at our foreign policy in general? james madison in fact 200 years ago, they had a line up and james madison pointed to the suspect. james madison said all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. war is the parent of armies. from these proceed debts and taxes, and armies and debts and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the dominion of the few. no nation can preserve its freedom's enemies of continual warfare. that is the suspect, the continual warfare that has characterized our foreign policy over the past decade and which i believe
policy, on a very aggressive foreign policy. this aggressive foreign policy has fed into a disastrous performance for conservative candidates and political contest. this is brought about the obama administration which, of course, has personified and brought into focus so many of these terrible dangers. so this is a murder trial, and we might ask who is the suspect? is it dinesh d'souza? is at our foreign policy in general? james madison in fact 200 years ago, they had a line up and james...
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we should take a realistic approach in our foreign policy. we don't need to be perfectly good with a country before benefiting from ties with that country. we should balance our relations with both the west and the east for the benefit of our country. afghan refugees in iran have been a pressing issue for tehran, issue with significant. significant social, economic and political implications. will the upcoming parliament have any plans for it? the influx of afghan refugees into iran dates back to the soviet afghan war in the 1980s, when millions of afghans sought refuge in neighboring countries, including iran. the situation was further exacerbated by the rise of the taliban in the 1990s and the us led invasion of afghanistan in 2001. despite international efforts to address the issue, the presence of afghans in iran remains a complex and challenging problem with far reaching consequences for both countries. another serious concern for the iranian nation is the amount of afghan refugee population which is estimated to be around seven eight mi
we should take a realistic approach in our foreign policy. we don't need to be perfectly good with a country before benefiting from ties with that country. we should balance our relations with both the west and the east for the benefit of our country. afghan refugees in iran have been a pressing issue for tehran, issue with significant. significant social, economic and political implications. will the upcoming parliament have any plans for it? the influx of afghan refugees into iran dates back...
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foreign policy that makes it so entrenched. in old ways because we have president obama somebody you described as a bright and articulate man of with a strategic mind somebody who managed to reinvigorate not only his own the actress but people all around the world even in countries that are do not consider themselves traditional american allies like china russia iran all those countries were excited about having him as a new type of leader and yet even he it seems all parades in these old mode is there any hope at all for american foreign policy to be reviewed well it's nothing like failure to induce reflection. and the number of failures is mounting it's not just iraq war which. was a failure. afghanistan is also shaping up as a major failure and we will leave there in whole or in part and we will leave. in an incomplete and unstable state a robust insurgency the largest opium market ever. so it's very hard to see what has been accomplished at the cost cumulatively of perhaps six trillion dollars an enormous amount which burde
foreign policy that makes it so entrenched. in old ways because we have president obama somebody you described as a bright and articulate man of with a strategic mind somebody who managed to reinvigorate not only his own the actress but people all around the world even in countries that are do not consider themselves traditional american allies like china russia iran all those countries were excited about having him as a new type of leader and yet even he it seems all parades in these old mode...
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foreign policy. well we one of the things that people have talked about is whether or not the events in the middle east represent a victory for soft power such as the arab spring and on the one hand you can look to this as an example of democracy as a political value succeeding or at least starting to succeed in the region on the other hand right it's not necessarily the case that this is a quote unquote victory for american soft power america doesn't own the institution of democracy it's not uniquely american but on the same of the same token right it's important to recognize that soft power isn't necessarily about the actor itself right the united states may want to get democracies in certain parts of the world but it doesn't mean that the rest of the world has to like the united states and i think that there's a clear distinction soft power is not necessarily a popularity contest if you think about that john and that's very interesting there i mean with the united states tends to provoke promote d
foreign policy. well we one of the things that people have talked about is whether or not the events in the middle east represent a victory for soft power such as the arab spring and on the one hand you can look to this as an example of democracy as a political value succeeding or at least starting to succeed in the region on the other hand right it's not necessarily the case that this is a quote unquote victory for american soft power america doesn't own the institution of democracy it's not...
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he's a little weak on foreign policy. compared to this field, he looks like benjamin -- henry kissinger, name your sage. you can chalk up his five positions on libya to the republican imperative to be against whatever obama is for. he must have done something wrong. even if, you know, i would have done the same thing. he must have done something wrong. maybe this is just wishful thinking that romney is not a total foreign policy idiot, because frankly, the rest of them sound like foreign policy idiots. >> graded on the curve. once republicans do pick a candidate, and they want their nominee, if only for the sake of the party, to not look disqualified on foreign policy, how do they do that? i mean, what george w. bush did, everybody thought -- i mean, that performance made an impact in 1999. it was about this time in the campaign, in the 2000 presidential campaign. and way that the republican establishment reassured everybody is they said, don't worry, people like dick cheney and his dad's advisers will be around and they'
he's a little weak on foreign policy. compared to this field, he looks like benjamin -- henry kissinger, name your sage. you can chalk up his five positions on libya to the republican imperative to be against whatever obama is for. he must have done something wrong. even if, you know, i would have done the same thing. he must have done something wrong. maybe this is just wishful thinking that romney is not a total foreign policy idiot, because frankly, the rest of them sound like foreign policy...
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i was never spoken to about foreign-policy. we dismiss in the conversation at the earliest stages. in those places where they are not expected to be to expand their capacity and it is hopeful to have better and more effective leaders. number two we can show the world we value minorities then we have a moral leg to stand on and show it is important. we know authoritarian regimes come into power their first act is to eliminate minority rights then you make it much easier to do the work and that is what we are seeing a nationstates that have gone back egypt. turkey. austria. we knew suppression of minority rights is the first hallmark of the end of the liberal democracy communities so there is an international good to minority representation but we cannot demand that because people can see we don't do it ourselves so for the foreign service core to reflect the composition of america right now it is 6 percent six.8 percent asian 3 percent native american that is not all reflective of the position of our country. when people are che
i was never spoken to about foreign-policy. we dismiss in the conversation at the earliest stages. in those places where they are not expected to be to expand their capacity and it is hopeful to have better and more effective leaders. number two we can show the world we value minorities then we have a moral leg to stand on and show it is important. we know authoritarian regimes come into power their first act is to eliminate minority rights then you make it much easier to do the work and that...
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american foreign policy has always been - foreign policy has always been focused — foreign policy has always been focused on _ foreign policy has always been focused on everywhere, - foreign policy has always been focused on everywhere, and l foreign policy has always been focused on everywhere, and iti foreign policy has always been - focused on everywhere, and it will continue _ focused on everywhere, and it will continue to— focused on everywhere, and it will continue to be _ focused on...
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is a foreign policy establishment anymore. the country has changed demographically and i think the council has evolved. we are probably now we have a significant representation to reflect what america has become. we don't take institutional positions. we are fully independent and anything you would find in america you would find on the council of foreign relations. a. >> this is your 15th book, so normally when people with your kind of background write books they say the policy should be here, here's how great i was in this area and here's what i did, listen to me the country would be better off, those kind of books. this one is unusual because it has a brief introduction. what were you trying to accomplish with this book? >> writing another insider book which is another argument. i decided to write something down here's why the world matters and here's how the world operates, here's the basic history, here's an introduction, here's how to understand the basic challenges. and the reason i'm doing it is the world is so importan
is a foreign policy establishment anymore. the country has changed demographically and i think the council has evolved. we are probably now we have a significant representation to reflect what america has become. we don't take institutional positions. we are fully independent and anything you would find in america you would find on the council of foreign relations. a. >> this is your 15th book, so normally when people with your kind of background write books they say the policy should be...
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[000:00:00;00] it meant changing many things such as foreign policy, but until today , there are still many activities related to relations or lack of relations with several countries. the protestors of the election results were not allowed to break the taboo of the accepted slogans of your revolution all the years before it was tied to the foreign policy of the islamic republic due to the economic problems of the country. the side that is in people's minds ihsan had different meanings and concepts, and after that, the story of the jcpoa, but if hashem brought up the issue of foreign policy, people will for the first time talk about the negotiations between the iranian foreign minister and the us secretary of state. to all of this, one should add theoretical debates about the correctness and incorrectness of the foreign policies of the islamic republic of iran for more than three decades, and saham naz, whose critics, ironically , were not all anti-revolutionary and enemies of the islamic republic, and one could see among them people who at times even during imam khomeini's lifetime in
[000:00:00;00] it meant changing many things such as foreign policy, but until today , there are still many activities related to relations or lack of relations with several countries. the protestors of the election results were not allowed to break the taboo of the accepted slogans of your revolution all the years before it was tied to the foreign policy of the islamic republic due to the economic problems of the country. the side that is in people's minds ihsan had different meanings and...
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policy, victories, foreign policy policies. for some of uncle do you think that's a genuine fear? no, it's not a because chart. people who role has deep foreign policy experience and when you look at the pull the subtract form and the governance structure of the position on foreign policy stay clear, they want to re institutionalize for impose make, which means that yes, obviously the executive president has powers under this constitution, but these will be used in a manner where the institutional intelligence will also be a partial decision making. so if they are going to be major decisions that will drive the future foreign policy, this will be taking it in an environment where you have that sort of institutional experience which exist today in turkey. that will come into play. no single decision will take a major decisions that can shift the course of turkish foreign policy. that was one of the main strategic mistakes of aust years. and here, the cases in syria, how turkish foreign policy almost overnights changed the by sid
policy, victories, foreign policy policies. for some of uncle do you think that's a genuine fear? no, it's not a because chart. people who role has deep foreign policy experience and when you look at the pull the subtract form and the governance structure of the position on foreign policy stay clear, they want to re institutionalize for impose make, which means that yes, obviously the executive president has powers under this constitution, but these will be used in a manner where the...
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sending our kids into harm's way is a foreign policy issue. how we treat them when we come home is a domestic issue. anybody who thinks this is a debate that's just going to deal with esoteric policies or countries around the world has to understand that these are issues that the american people and communities live and breathe every day. >> let's go to the chinese currency issue that mitt romney has made one of those day one items. is the president going to be able to teach a little class on how that works tonight or is that something you just want to get away from and get over somewhere else since people won't understand it? >> people need to understand that this president has fought to get the chinese to do the right thing. they have lifted the value of their currency. but the only thing mitt romney has ever done to china is send them our jobs and his money. as the president said in the last debate, if you think mitt romney is going to be tough on china, you have another thing coming. >> i've been watching the television ads here in florida
sending our kids into harm's way is a foreign policy issue. how we treat them when we come home is a domestic issue. anybody who thinks this is a debate that's just going to deal with esoteric policies or countries around the world has to understand that these are issues that the american people and communities live and breathe every day. >> let's go to the chinese currency issue that mitt romney has made one of those day one items. is the president going to be able to teach a little...
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foreign policy. to pass a series of reforms that they could no longer be in the business with a universal values such as the 1948 united nations declaration of human rights. and to eliminate how human rights activism : needed when cash so to talk about americans advocating for greater attention to civil and how that inspired the institutionalization in u.s. foreign policy. foreign service officer traveled to south korea in 1962 is three years there to remember the prime minister every sunday afternoon. to build upon and extend those connections when he returned to school as ambassador to 71 stanley zuckerman the information officer at the last embassy in 1971 and 73 remembers how his friends were journalists were arrested for printing unacceptable stories many of these are through other connections to communicate as a strong irritant in our relationship. and then to precipitate even more enforceable -- forceful involvement so to kidnap opposition politicians from the grand palace hotel and put on a h
foreign policy. to pass a series of reforms that they could no longer be in the business with a universal values such as the 1948 united nations declaration of human rights. and to eliminate how human rights activism : needed when cash so to talk about americans advocating for greater attention to civil and how that inspired the institutionalization in u.s. foreign policy. foreign service officer traveled to south korea in 1962 is three years there to remember the prime minister every sunday...
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foreign policy. senator mccain continued to lead the charge. as of this weekend, for politicizing the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya, he's not only saying he would block susan rice from being nominated to succeed hillary clinton as secretary of state if president obama makes that nomination, he now says he would block all nominations for anybody to succeed hillary clinton as secretary of state until he feels satisfied that he, john mccain, has received the information that he wants to receive about libya. this coming from the man who didn't bother to show up to the three-hour briefing on libya that was in his committee last week. but he's not embarrassed by that. he wants america not to have a secretary of state until he gets what he wants. even though we don't know what it is that he wants. because it's definitely not more information, because when information is being offered, he's not showing up for the briefings. how did john mccain get to be the republican party's north star on foreign po
foreign policy. senator mccain continued to lead the charge. as of this weekend, for politicizing the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya, he's not only saying he would block susan rice from being nominated to succeed hillary clinton as secretary of state if president obama makes that nomination, he now says he would block all nominations for anybody to succeed hillary clinton as secretary of state until he feels satisfied that he, john mccain, has received the information that he wants to...
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people in support of that foreign policy. there's been times in modern times where there has been an explicitly -- sort of foreign policy that has not been whatever it is merit as a tool of foreign policy, it is not attracted the support of the american people who believe that their foreign policy should be about something more and of course you need the support of the american people in order to execute a successful foreign policy. our closest allies are democracies our closest trade partners are liberal democracies. i would submit it is not just a coincidence, that there is something different when it comes to alliances and investment in prosperity, that aspect of our efforts that is different between engaging with democracies and autocracies. and we care not only about our security and prosperity but our own liberty here at home. i think one could quite easily demonstrate that a world in which the institutions of liberal democracy are strong is safer for our own liberal democracy that much -- then one in which autocracies
people in support of that foreign policy. there's been times in modern times where there has been an explicitly -- sort of foreign policy that has not been whatever it is merit as a tool of foreign policy, it is not attracted the support of the american people who believe that their foreign policy should be about something more and of course you need the support of the american people in order to execute a successful foreign policy. our closest allies are democracies our closest trade partners...
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victories, foreign policy policies, for ankara. do you think that is a genuine fear? sinan: no, it's not. because turkiye overall has deep foreign policy experience. when you look at the policy platform and the government structure of opposition on foreign policy it has been clear. they want to re-institutionalize foreign policymaking, which means that yes, obviously the executive president has powers under this constitution. this will be used in a manner where the institutional intelligence will also be part of the decision-making. if they are going to be major decisions that will drive the future of foreign policy, this will be taking it in an environment where you have that sort of institutional experience which exists today in turkiye that will come into play. no single decision will take major decisions that can shift the course of turkish foreign policy. that was one of the main strategic mistakes of the past years. in syria, how turkish policy almost changed overnight by sidelining the major achievements, which was noninterf
victories, foreign policy policies, for ankara. do you think that is a genuine fear? sinan: no, it's not. because turkiye overall has deep foreign policy experience. when you look at the policy platform and the government structure of opposition on foreign policy it has been clear. they want to re-institutionalize foreign policymaking, which means that yes, obviously the executive president has powers under this constitution. this will be used in a manner where the institutional intelligence...
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foreign policy. part of the reason there hasn't been about lincoln's foreign policy in nearly 70 years. a human narrative about it. that's before the lincoln papers were released and library of congress in 1947. so there's a lot of water under the bridge since then. but i think one of the reasons there's no book about his foreign policy. he a strong and competent secretary of state. he didn't do everything in foreign affair. but the things he did do are really important. and so i've sliced it a little differently. i've taken look at the things that lincoln did do in foreign releases without saying he did everything or everything right, by the way. he made some mistakes too. >> was foreign policies all tied in to the civil war? >> well, we treat the civil war period in this. i have a chapter early on about the mexican war. lincoln was a freshman congressman in the house of representatives during the end of the mexican war in the 1840s. lincoln was opposed to the origin of the mexican war. one of the f
foreign policy. part of the reason there hasn't been about lincoln's foreign policy in nearly 70 years. a human narrative about it. that's before the lincoln papers were released and library of congress in 1947. so there's a lot of water under the bridge since then. but i think one of the reasons there's no book about his foreign policy. he a strong and competent secretary of state. he didn't do everything in foreign affair. but the things he did do are really important. and so i've sliced it a...
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they're the foreign policy equivalent. and they have been in charge essentially of republican party thinking for the last ten or 12 years. and they see romney as the etch-a-sketch by other republicans. they see a guy without much foreign policy experience, and they see a guy who seems to have signed a lot of pledges and on to a lot of positions he didn't have in the past. they think given their track record with people like george w. bush they can push around anybody, especially somebody like what they think mitt is. >> i've done my homework here, look at what he said to make him especially vulnerable. if you don't have a philosophy, and someone comes along with a strong one. with well thought out thinks, that had nothing going on, look in december 27th, romney's foreign policy experience was important. here is what he said. if we want somebody who has a lot of experience in foreign policy, we can go to the state department and pluck out one of the tens of thousands that have been working there for years. even john mccain
they're the foreign policy equivalent. and they have been in charge essentially of republican party thinking for the last ten or 12 years. and they see romney as the etch-a-sketch by other republicans. they see a guy without much foreign policy experience, and they see a guy who seems to have signed a lot of pledges and on to a lot of positions he didn't have in the past. they think given their track record with people like george w. bush they can push around anybody, especially somebody like...
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foreign policy. dealing with chinese situation, there is no question it is not just relevant but very important to our relations with china, so there is no question congress remains relevant in this debate. see the attention being that in the abstract most americans agree we would like a consensus- driven, unified foreign policy, because that is easier to represent national interest. there are certain members of the congress who are identified by ethnic identity, and none of those things are bad. you do not solve the problem by getting rid of parties. you do not solve the problems by telling people you should not identify yourself as an irish- american or an italian american or a polish american. that is what america is all about. you cannot escape the fact of these things affect the way a member of the use their role in their responsibility, so what are the things said drives the members in their approach to foreign policy? first is their personal background. how do their families' views and their -
foreign policy. dealing with chinese situation, there is no question it is not just relevant but very important to our relations with china, so there is no question congress remains relevant in this debate. see the attention being that in the abstract most americans agree we would like a consensus- driven, unified foreign policy, because that is easier to represent national interest. there are certain members of the congress who are identified by ethnic identity, and none of those things are...
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foreign policy going to waforward. a couple of months ago i reviewed bob gates' book and he refers in the book several times to the con trant -- contract on him. it's always about ensuring the public we weren't going to stay. we weren't in there forever that we were planning for the exit sort of thing. which if you know anything really cuts against the strategy because if you're trying to convince the people you're protecting in these countries, they want to believe you're sticking around and he had to worry about the public at home that was worried about us staying too long. so that is a constraint. now, the neo conservatives and the liberal hawks both have an answer to this problem and whether you look at it as a problem or not, it's a fact. the public is strongly opposed to military intervention. even the smaller than small ones. now the simple response is that this could be solved by leadership. you hear this all the time. leadership. strong leadership. if only the president or if only the national security team we
foreign policy going to waforward. a couple of months ago i reviewed bob gates' book and he refers in the book several times to the con trant -- contract on him. it's always about ensuring the public we weren't going to stay. we weren't in there forever that we were planning for the exit sort of thing. which if you know anything really cuts against the strategy because if you're trying to convince the people you're protecting in these countries, they want to believe you're sticking around and...
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to topic, foreign policy. bad news for president obama because -- >> in the history of presidents of the united states, he's our worst at foreign policy. >> this is a very weak ill-conceived foreign policy. every place you look is failure. >> the jimmy carter years look like the good old days compared to where we are right now. >> the president has communicated weakness. >> jon: weakness in foreign policy! obama is weaker than coolidge in foreign policy! weaker than polk! weaker than president flinchington j. craphispants. (laughter) as you know, the only president in united states history who ever had his wallet stolen by a baby. (laughter) you don't hear as much about old president craphispants. (laughter) but given obama's foreign policy record, this debate is going to be a bloodbath. >> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin laden. drones are being used in drone strikes and i support that entirely. and feel the president was right. i want to underscore the same point the president made. i felt the same
to topic, foreign policy. bad news for president obama because -- >> in the history of presidents of the united states, he's our worst at foreign policy. >> this is a very weak ill-conceived foreign policy. every place you look is failure. >> the jimmy carter years look like the good old days compared to where we are right now. >> the president has communicated weakness. >> jon: weakness in foreign policy! obama is weaker than coolidge in foreign policy! weaker...